APPLICATION SERVICES

The BRMi Difference

From large scale IT modernization efforts to short-term engagements, BRMi has a record of building process and IT solutions that are enthusiastically adopted by user communities and provide a quantifiable return on investment. The delivery of IT solutions that meet customer’s needs drives results, not the technology. Our certified experts meet the demand whether in a nonspecific cloud environment running any stack or an on-premises environment with proprietary solutions.

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Methodology & Transformation

We integrate Agile and lean methodologies within an organization while evolving best practices and frameworks through training, advocacy and practice leads.

DevSecOps

We integrate DevOps and security best practices and frameworks through advocacy and practice leads, portals for collaboration, monitoring the lifecycle from development to production, and reaching common ground between security requirements, development and operations.

Application Development

We design, develop, and deliver software applications, running on myriad operating systems, for traditional as well as mobile and wireless accessible devices, including distributed computing models.

Quality Assurance & Testing

We assist you with the execution of a structured, repeatable, automated quality assurance & testing (QAT) approach for stable, reliable and secure software.

Outcomes

We measure the success of our application service over several facets. Value to the client is paramount; we keep costs low by allocating the required resources in a “just in time” sequence. Quality is integral in all phases. In most cases we are subject matter experts for the client and have extensive knowledge of the mission and support needed. Application services are tightly coupled with BRMi’s pivotalF4 delivery framework and industry best practices such as the Twelve-Factor App methodology as well as CMMI. We enable our clients to scale their Agile adoption and fit it to the needs of the organization.

Our Application Services in Action

DHS GOES Modernization

DHS GOES Modernization

Client and Project

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Global Entry is a popular U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program that enables expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk travelers upon entry into the United States. Use of the program was rapidly growing and the systems supporting it needed to be modernized and expanded to enable higher volumes and greater access.

Significance

Citizens’ expectations for government-provided services that match the simplicity and agility of those provided by private sector entities continue to increase. Meeting these expectations requires development of applications that may be easily and rapidly updated. These applications also need to be hosted where dynamic changes in use pose no access or service quality concerns. Moderating long-term maintenance and hosting costs is a continuing goal for every service provider.

BRMi’s Impact

BRMI redesigned the application from the ground up using AngularJS, Restful services and Jenkins. Our team created DevOps-ready code that may be easily deployed into DHS’ selected Cloud service provider. Global Online Enrollment System (GOES) next-generation code will now be accessible across multiple platforms and is one of the initial cloud-ready projects to be deployed within Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD).

CBP/ICE Firearms, Armor, and Credentials Tracking System

CBP/ICE Firearms, Armor, and Credentials Tracking System

Client and Project

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have responsibility for managing the sensitive assets they use to fulfill their missions. These include firearms, armor, and credentials. Managing these assets required the agents to bring assault rifles and body armor into the office for inventory each year. Inventories were managed with a web-based tool and the process consumed thousands of agents’ staff hours. This administrative necessity competed with delivering the enforcement and security tasks assigned to the agents.

Significance

Other priorities often overshadow initiatives to streamline administrative functions. However, the aggregate costs or impact of administrative burden on service delivery is frequently significant. For example, consider the impact of hundreds of ICE and CBP agents who are required to provide evidence they have possession of the assigned assets on an annual basis―compounded by manual error correction and data reconciliation. The agents sought a solution that would minimize the reporting burden, and DHS headquarters sought a solution that would increase accuracy and replace the hours spent on administrative functions with hours performing core mission functions. This scenario is common across many organizations.

BRMi’s Impact

BRMi evaluated the asset management function and developed a streamlined approach supported by a hybrid mobile application (FACTS) for Android and iOS devices. We used mobile web technologies Ionic and Cordova. As a pilot deployed to ICE and CBP, the app enabled agents to electronically submit inventories of their sensitive assets using a smartphone. Agents using the app now spend considerably less time on this administrative function and fewer headquarters staff are needed to correct errors and match asset inventory records, saving thousands of hours of staff time each year.

ABA Private Cloud Implementation and Migration

ABA Private Cloud Implementation and Migration

Client and Project

The American Bankers Association (ABA) is the united voice of America’s banks—small, regional and large—that together employ more than 2 million women and men, hold nearly $17 trillion in assets, safeguard $13 trillion in deposits and extend more than $10 trillion in loans. ABA offers solutions, reference guides, training, and compliance guidance to banks large and small. ABA launched an information technology (IT) modernization effort to improve security and better serve its members.

Significance

ABA members depend upon secure and reliable services. Modernizing the IT infrastructure was needed to enable ABA to have greater flexibility and agility in keeping pace with the evolving financial industry and needs of their members.

BRMi’s Impact

BRMi defined the business and technical requirements for a private cloud instance to be hosted by a third-party cloud service provider (CSP). We developed and implemented a communications plan to coordinate and inform, and developed a training plan to ensure ABA stakeholders (business and IT) buy-in. BRMi coordinated the migration by developing and implementing a network design to securely connect the ABA network to the private cloud network; developing and implementing test and shake-out plans to transition ABA mission-critical systems to the CSP-hosted private cloud; and, developing and implementing the migration plan to successfully transition the ABA systems to the private cloud. BRMi provided post-migration support for systems residing within the new CSP-hosted private cloud and jointly developed an operations manual.

PBGC Cloud Computing Readiness Analysis

PBGC Cloud Computing Readiness Analysis

Client and Project

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) protects the retirement incomes of nearly 40 million American workers in nearly 24,000 private-sector defined benefit pension plans. PBGC identified cloud computing as one of its Strategic Focus Areas in its IT Strategic Plan. They needed assistance in assessing major and minor programs for their transition readiness to cloud computing solutions.

Significance

The Strategic Focus Areas are used to provide direction for PBGC’s IT programs and create a foundation to build technology innovations that help PBGC achieve its goals. PBGC wanted to establish an internal workgroup responsible for planning, monitoring, and managing cloud computing transition efforts across the Corporation.

BRMi’s Impact

BRMi helped PBGC establish the Cloud Computing Working Group (CCWG) as a cross-functional and cross-organizational team that included representatives from their business and IT organizations. BRMi advised on establishing its membership, creating its organizational charter, defining its roles & responsibilities, and operationalizing its functions. BRMi performed a five-step architectural analysis across the organization to provide a baseline observation report. The report included validated baseline architecture diagram(s) and go-ahead decisions (made collaboratively by the CCWG) for systems that are deemed to be ready for transition to a cloud computing solution. BRMi’s Cloud Computing Readiness Analysis provided a roadmap for PBGC cloud transition and set up a sustainable working group for the organization.